TAIPEI: South Korea rallied past the Dominican Republic 9-6 at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier12 in Taipei on Saturday to keep its fading hopes alive for a spot in the next round. South Korea erased a 6-0 deficit at Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium in the Taiwanese capital to improve to 2-2 in Group B, scoring five times in the bottom eighth to complete the unlikely comeback. According to Yonhap News Agency, No. 8 hitter Park Seong-han delivered a go-ahead, two-run triple with two outs in that big inning, with a couple more RBI hits that followed rounding out the scoring. South Korea will close out the opening round against Australia on Monday. The top two teams from the group will advance to the Super Round, where they will be joined by the two qualifiers from Group A, Venezuela and the United States. South Korea does not control its own destiny, as it must defeat Australia and will need some help from other teams to get there. Through Saturday, Japan was leading the group at 3-0, followed by Chinese Taipei at 2-1 and South Korea at 2-2. In order for South Korea to finish in second place, it must beat Australia and have Chinese Taipei lose its two remaining games against Australia on Sunday and Cuba on Monday. If Chinese Taipei beats Australia on Sunday, then Cuba must beat both Japan and Chinese Taipei, while South Korea must also beat Australia. South Korea's fate will be sealed on Sunday, its offday, if Chinese Taipei defeats Australia and Japan beats Cuba.